The nation’s private-sector employment increased by 195,000 in August, according to the ADP National Employment Report, which was released Thursday. August’s numbers compare with July when private-sector employment increased by 142, 000. Small businesses, employing 1 to 49 workers, added 66,000 jobs, and medium-sized companies, with 500 to 999 workers, added 77,000 jobs. Large companies employing 1,000 or more workers[Read More…]

Indonesia is building a new capital because Jakarta, the nation’s current capital city, is sinking and will be completely underwater in 30 years, experts say. President Joko Widodo announced Monday that a new capital will be constructed on the island of Borneo close to the cities of Balikpapan and Samarinda. President Widodo did not name the new capital. Construction[Read More…]

Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, initially will speak in 8 cities. More locations will be added later By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the first African American to hold the post, will embark on a nationwide speaking tour to discuss his book concerning the founding of the[Read More…]

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring the Garden State’s public schools to provide mental health instruction to students beginning in kindergarten through the 12th grade. “We are striving to do all that we can to improve health and wellness for our students,” Governor Murphy said. “By ensuring that children in grades K through 12 learn about[Read More…]

On August 20, 1619, the first black slaves were dragged in chains to America Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, wants to change Emma Lazarus’s sonnet that begins with “Give Me Your Tired and Poor”… that is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty to something less welcoming to the huddled masses yearning[Read More…]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today Dr. Denis Mukwege, who recently was honored as co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a gynecologist and surgeon practicing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he treats thousands of women whose rapes and sexual assaults are considered trophies of war and a way to terrorize supporters of opposing armies. “For[Read More…]

The spotlight once focused all of its attention on world-class gymnast Simone Biles and NBA star Kawhi Leonard for their world-class accomplishments. However, the attention is now focused on their siblings for the crimes they are accused of committing. Cleveland police have charged Tevin Biles-Thomas, Simone Biles brother, with three counts of the murder for a deadly New Year’s Eve[Read More…]

By Frederick H. Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today The Innocence Project reported in the most recent issue of its magazine that a record nine clients were exonerated and released from prison in 2018 for crimes they didn’t commit. Maddy deLone, the Innocence Project’s executive director, wrote in Spring 2019 issue of “The Innocence Project in Print” that the nine exonerations were most[Read More…]

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring the Garden State’s public schools to provide mental health instruction to students beginning in kindergarten through the 12th grade. “We are striving to do all that we can to improve health and wellness for our students,” Governor Murphy said. “By ensuring that children in grades K through 12 learn about[Read More…]

Will Ballard Hurd, the only African American Republican serving in Congress, said Thursday that he would not seek re-election when his current term expires in 17 months. He was only one of four Republicans in the House who disagreed with President Trump when he told four congresswomen they should go back to where they from, although they were all U.S.[Read More…]

Roof never should have been permitted to buy the gun he used to murder members of Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church because of a prior drug arrest, but the FBI botched the federal background check, enabling the purchase By Frederick H Lowe BlackmansStreet.Today The survivors and estates of nine black parishioners slaughtered by white supremacist Dylann Roof during a church Bible[Read More…]

On August 20, 1619, the first black slaves were dragged in chains to America Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, wants to change Emma Lazarus’s sonnet that begins with “Give Me Your Tired and Poor”… that is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty to something less welcoming to the huddled masses yearning[Read More…]

Mugabe earned seven academic degrees, including a law degree from the University of London. He was one of the world’s most-educated leaders Robert Mugabe, long-term president of Zimbabwe, who was condemned and punished by Western nations for transferring fertile farmland seized by whites to blacks during British colonial rule of the country, then known as Rhodesia, has died. Mr. Mugabe,[Read More…]

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